2026.9

Pearls behind pillows
A glimmer with every word
Soft-spoken treasure

2026.8

An age-old exchange
Buy a drink, hear a story
And we all have lips

A phone clutched between
Narrow, frigid fingertips
With chipped nail polish

Silent sentinel
Still, frozen beside the bush 
Transfixed, you and I

I saw a rabbit
Run across my path and stop
It had your same eyes

How'd I not notice
I witnessed a miracle
She turned her whole face

As soft as she spoke
You'd think her head was so small
The words were so big

She's got a story
I listened to every word
It's not exciting

Head down, phone-burried
Loud music in a dim bar
Sideways eye contact